Isaias 1:11

Filipino Cebuano Bible

11 Magaunsa man kanako ang gidaghanon sa inyong mga paghalad? miingon si Jehova: nakabaton na ako ug igo sa mga halad-nga-sinunog sa mga carnero, ug sa tambok sa linalugan nga mga mananap; ug ako dili mahimuot sa dugo sa mga lakeng vaca, kun sa mga nating carnero, kun sa mga kanding nga lake.

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what purpose: Isaiah 66:3, 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 50:8, Psalms 51:16, Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 21:27, Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 7:21, Amos 5:21, Micah 6:7, Matthew 9:13

he goats: Heb. great he-goats

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:13 - all the fat Exodus 29:18 - a burnt offering Leviticus 1:3 - a burnt Leviticus 7:18 - an abomination Leviticus 10:19 - should Leviticus 26:31 - I will not smell Numbers 7:27 - General Numbers 16:3 - all the Numbers 23:1 - seven altars Numbers 23:14 - built seven Numbers 29:17 - General 1 Samuel 4:3 - Let us 1 Samuel 20:24 - the king Psalms 4:5 - Offer Psalms 40:6 - Sacrifice Psalms 50:16 - What Psalms 94:20 - fellowship Proverbs 21:3 - General Isaiah 29:1 - add Isaiah 43:23 - honoured Isaiah 57:12 - General Isaiah 58:2 - they seek Isaiah 61:8 - I hate Jeremiah 11:15 - to do Jeremiah 14:12 - and when Hosea 5:6 - they Hosea 6:6 - I desired Hosea 8:13 - but Hosea 9:4 - neither Haggai 2:14 - So is this people Zechariah 7:5 - did Malachi 1:10 - I have Malachi 2:13 - insomuch Matthew 12:7 - I will Mark 12:33 - is more Romans 3:1 - advantage 1 Timothy 4:8 - bodily Hebrews 10:4 - not Hebrews 10:5 - Sacrifice Hebrews 10:11 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord,.... These people, though they neglected the weightier matters of the law, and the more substantial duties of religion, as did the Scribes and Pharisees in Christ's time,

Matthew 23:23 yet were very diligent in the observance of the ceremonial law, and repeated their sacrifices almost without number, on which they placed all their trust and dependence; wherefore, to take off their confidence in these things, the Lord observes to them the unprofitableness of them; they could be of no avail to them, for they could not expiate their sins, or atone for them; and they could not be profitable to God, for he had no need of them; see Psalms 50:10.

I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; to the loathing of them, and therefore would no more eat their flesh, and drink their blood, or accept of them in sacrifice,

Psalms 50:13 "rams" were used for burnt offerings, Exodus 29:18 Leviticus 1:10 and the fat of any creature offered in sacrifice was burnt, and forbidden to be eaten by men, Leviticus 1:8 Leviticus 1:15

and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats: as he did in moral services, in acts of beneficence and mercy, and in sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, 1 Samuel 15:22 Hosea 6:6 much less did he delight in the sacrifices of these creatures, as offered by such wicked hands and without faith in the blood and sacrifice of Christ; and still less when these were superseded and abrogated by Christ; for this prophecy belongs to the times of the apostles, as appears from Isaiah 1:9 see Psalms 40:6. The several creatures mentioned were used in sacrifice, and their blood was sprinkled round about the altar, Leviticus 3:2 and before the vail, Leviticus 4:6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To what purpose - לי למה lâmâh lı̂y. ‘What is it to me; or what profit or pleasure can I have in them?’ God here replies to an objection which might be urged by the Jews to the representation which had been made of their guilt. The objection would be, that they were strict in the duties of their religion, and that they even abounded in offering victims of sacrifice. God replies in this and the following verses, that all this would be of no use, and would meet with no acceptance, unless it were the offering of the heart. He demanded righteousness; and without that, all external offerings would be vain. The same sentiment often occurs in the Old Testament.

Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices

As in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

And to hearken than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:22.

To what purpose shall frankincense be brought unto me from Sabah?

Or the rich aromatic reed from a far country?

Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable,

Nor your sacrifices pleasant unto me.

Jeremiah 6:20. Blaney.

For I desired mercy and not sacrifice;

And the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Hosea 6:6.

I hate, I despise your solemn feast days,

And I will not smell in your solemn assemblies;

Though ye offer me your burnt-offerings,

And your meat-offerings

I will not accept them;

Neither will I regard the thank-offerings of your fat beasts.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs;

For I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

But let judgment run down as waters,

And righteousness as a mighty stream.

Amos 5:21-24.

Is the multitude - There was no deficiency in the amount of offerings. It was admitted that they complied in this respect with the requirements of the law; and that they offered an abundance of sacrifices, so numerous as to be called a multitude - רב rôb, a vast number. Hypocrites abound in outward religious observances just in proportion to their neglect of the spiritual requirements of God’s word; compare Matthew 23:23.

Your sacrifices - זבחיכב zib^echēykeb, from זבח zâbach, to slay; especially to slay for sacrifice. The word used here denotes any sacrifice which was made by blood; but is distinguished from the burnt-offering from the fat, that this was not entirely consumed. It is applied to the sin-offering, trespass-offering, thank-offering. The word also stands opposed to the offerings which were made without blood מנחה minchāh. Any offering that consisted in an animal that was slain came under this general denomination of sacrifice, Exodus 10:25; Leviticus 17:8; Numbers 15:5.

burnt-offerings - עלות 'olôth, from עלה ‛âlâh, to go up, ascend. It is applied to a sacrifice that was wholly consumed, or made to ascend on an altar. It corresponds to the Greek ὁλόκαυστον holokauston, that which is entirely consumed. Such offerings abounded among the Hebrews. The burnt-offering was wholly consumed on the altar, excepting the skin and the blood. The blood was sprinkled round the altar, and the other parts of the animal which was slain, were laid upon the altar and entirely burned; see Leviticus 1:0. This was commonly a voluntary offering; and this shows their zeal to comply with the external forms of religion.

I am full - שׂבעתי s'âba‛^etı̂y, I am satiated. The word is usually applied to food and drink, denoting satisfaction, or satiety. It is used here with great force, denoting that their offerings had been so numerous and so incessant, that God was satiated with them. It means that he was weary, tired, disgusted with them. Thus, in Job 7:4 : ‘I am full - שׂבעתי s'âba‛^etı̂y - of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.’ Proverbs 25:17 :

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor’s house,

Lest he be weary (Hebrew full) of thee, and hate thee.

Fat ... - They were required to offer, not the lame, or the diseased Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Leviticus 23:12; Malachi 1:7-8; and God admits here that they had externally complied with this requirement. The fat was burned on the altar.

I delight not - That is; I delight; not in them when offered without the heart; or I delight not in them in comparison with works of righteousness; see Amos 5:21-24; Ps. 4:9-13; Psalms 51:16-19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 1:11. To what purpose, c. - "What have I to do."] The prophet Amos has expressed the same sentiments with great elegance: -

"I hate, I despise your feasts

And I will not delight in the odour of your

solemnities:

Though ye offer unto me burnt-offerings

And your meat-offerings, I will not accept:

Neither will I regard the peace-offerings of

your fatlings.

Take away from me the noise of your songs;

And the melody of your viols I will not hear.

But let judgment roll down like waters;

And righteousness like a mighty stream."

Amos 5:21-24.

So has Persius; see Sat. ii. v. 71-75: -

"Quin damus id Superis, de magna quod dare lanae," c.

The two or three last pages of Plato's Euthyphro contain the same idea. Sacrifices and prayers are not profitable to the offerer, nor acceptable to the gods, unless accompanied with an upright life.

Ver. Isaiah 1:11. The fat of fed beasts, &c. — The fat and the blood are particularly mentioned, because these were in all sacrifices set apart to God. The fat was always burnt upon the altar, and the blood was partly sprinkled, differently on different occasions, and partly poured out at the bottom of the altar. See Leviticus 4:5-7; Leviticus 4:16-18; Leviticus 4:25; Leviticus 4:30; Leviticus 4:34.